Ice pick or cutter



(No Model.)

A. C. REX.

ICE PIGK 0R CUTTER.

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I U ITED STATES [PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED C. REX, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ICE PICK OR CU TER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,644, dated July 17, 1883.

' Application filed February 24, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED C. REX, of the.

city of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Ice Picks or Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

My inventionhas reference to ice picks or cutters; and it consists in specific constructions fully set out in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, which form part thereof.

The object of my invention is to construct the pick as a Whole both cheap and durable, and at the same time so form it that it shall be I 5 capable of cutting the ice up into small blocks without splitting it up into small pieces, as is the case with all other ice-picks of which I have any knowledge. s.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of my improved ice pick or cutter with a part 7 in section, and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the lower part of same on line x w.

A is a rod made with an eye, B, atthe top, and cast solid with the body 0, which has also cast into it the steel cutting-blade D, which is thin and flat, as shown. The bottom or cutting-edge of this blade is notched, asat H, formingteeth I,which are beveled, as shown, to

form a sharp cutting-edge and not a point.

0 The upper edges of the notches are also sharpened, as at J, to form a second row of cuttingedges; but, if desired, we may dispense with these latter by bringing the walls of the teeth I together, as shown in dotted lines at H, in

3 5 which case it is not necessary to sharpen them,

the cutting being done wholly by the long knife-edges on the bottom of said teeth I. The handle or rod A is provided with a sliding weight, E, formed with a handle part, G, and

an enlargement or weighted part, E, which may be flattened on the bottom,as at e, where it strikes the body 0 in the act of cutting the ice.

The eye B may be dispensed with and a cast piece used therefor.

By casting the handle or rod A and blade into the body 0 simultaneously, the cost of production is reduced to a minimum.

The peculiar shape of the cutting-edges enables the ice to be out without splitting the same into small fragments.

' Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of rod A and cutter D,

cast solid with a'body, 0, whereby the-said handle is rigidly connected to the cutter, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of rod A and cutter D, cast solid with a body, 0, whereby the said handle is rigidly connected to the cutter, and a weight adapted to slide upon said handle, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In an ice-pick, a cutter and handle rigidly connected together by having an iron body cast uponand around their adjacent ends, in combination with said cast body, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination of rod A and cutter D, having notches H and cutting knife-edges I, cast solid with a body, whereby the said handle is rigidly connected to the cutter, and a Weight adapted to slide upon said handle, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand. I

A ALFRED C. REX.

Witnesses:

R. M. HUNTER, FRANCIS S. BROWN. 

